Chapter 409 If you don’t enter the tiger’s den, how can you catch the tiger’s cub
"Your Majesty the Inquisitor! You finally replied!!"
After receiving Duanmuhuai's communication, Dardaniel suddenly looked like he was surviving a disaster, which made Duanmuhuai want to laugh.
"Okay, don't pretend in front of me, it's just a colony, you won't die even if it's lost."
"Hahahaha..."
Hearing Duanmu Huai's words to break his disguise, Dardaniel also smiled sheepishly.
"Doesn't this show your importance and my admiration for you..."
"Don't talk nonsense, talk about the important points."
"Yes..."
Dardaniel also immediately stopped the smile on his face and became serious.
"Actually, it's like this... There are some things I didn't explain to you before... In fact, in one of the colonies... we found the remains of a battleship that seemed to come from an alien civilization."
"Haven't you seen those alien creatures?"
After hearing Dardaniel's report, Duanmuhuai asked curiously, while Dardaniel smiled bitterly.
"What do you mean, Mr. Inquisitor, I am also a businessman wandering in this desolate star area. If you want to talk about human civilization or alien creatures, I have seen it to some extent, but alien civilization... I still I really haven’t had any experience with them.”
"Okay, let's continue."
"Yes, my idea at the time was to send some people there to see if I could find anything good. So I first gave an order to my confidants there. He also secretly went there with some of his subordinates from the colony at that time. That battleship, and then found some clay pots and so on... … He said he didn’t know what it was and wanted to take it back for analysis. I didn’t think much about it at the time, but after that, the colony never sent me any messages. I felt uneasy and took the initiative to contact me. I contacted that confidant, but he didn’t answer my call.”
"Well... I probably found something I shouldn't have been looking for."
Duanmu Huai was also quite calm about this. There were too many similar things.
"Yes, but at that time I also wanted to know the situation in the colony, so I sent another team there, and when they got there... they sent me this."
As he spoke, Dardaniel opened the screen, and then Duanmuhuai saw a dilapidated steel corridor. There are holes everywhere on it, and there are even traces of gunfire. It looks like it has experienced a great war.
"Then what?"
"No more."
Dardanelle shook his head.
"That's all, and then the team lost contact with me."
"So you sent a second team?"
"Yes..."
Dardaniel felt really bitter in his heart at this moment, although it was true that losing a colony, just like Duanmu Huai said, was not a big deal to a rogue like him. But the problem is that every penny he invests in it is his own!
If you want capitalists to lose money, that will be more painful than watching others make money.
"This time I asked them to keep in touch with me all the way, but...this time their spacecraft was destroyed before it even landed!"
"Huh?"
Hearing this, Duanmu Huai's expression suddenly became serious.
"You mean the spacecraft hasn't landed yet?"
"Yes, Lord Judge, this is why I came to you..."
Speaking of this, Dardaniel was really scared.
To be honest, if it just disappears on a planet, at most there is something wrong with the planet itself. If it doesn't work, just throw it away as a loss. But this time his warship was destroyed before it entered the atmosphere. It couldn't have been caused by local indigenous creatures, right?
If the opponent is a cosmic civilization, then Dardaniel will be blinded.
When he encountered space pirates before, he was so scared that he raised his hands and surrendered. If he really wanted to fight against a regular space fleet, he would be dead.
So Dardaniel had no choice but to turn to the Inquisition.
"Hmm..."
After hearing Dardaniel's report, Duanmu Huai frowned and thought for a moment.
"Do you have any records from that time?"
"Yes, I have recorded images from that time."
As he spoke, Dardanelle opened it. Then Duanmu Huai watched the video in front of him. On the screen, a man dressed very smartly was making a report solemnly.
"Report, we are about to reach the target planet. Everything is normal so far. It has not been found yet..."
However, the man's report was not over yet. Suddenly, a loud noise interrupted his report, and then Duanmuhuai saw the battleship on the screen shaking violently, and the man fell directly to the ground. He hurriedly got up and shouted loudly. "What happened!"
"Report, we are under attack!"
"Attack? Who is attacking us?"
"I don't know, they...oh my god..."
Following another explosion, the image stopped here the next moment.
"Hmm..."
Staring at the image in front of him, Duanmu Huai clicked his finger.
Judging from the current situation, the other party seemed to appear suddenly and launch a surprise attack, so that Dardaniel's people were wiped out without even reacting. Of course, this is also related to his subordinates' lack of experience in interstellar combat. Generally speaking, a transport ship like this would be escorted by a large group of warships, but according to Dardaniel, he only sent one transport ship there--at present, it was obviously regarded as a living target by the other party.
But what kind of civilization would it be?
Those who come and go without a trace...could it be those damn black-skinned spirit race bastards!
Although this is unlikely, it is not impossible.
After all, when talking about old coins in the universe, the first thing that comes to mind is these bastards, right?
"I understand, I will go and check the situation."
Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai also made a decision.
"By the way, send me the coordinates of that planet. What's its name?"
"LV426."
After that, Duanmu Huai took a short rest for a day, and then took a few teams of night guards on the road and sailed towards the planet in a battleship.
Duanmu Huai didn't bring anyone else with him this time, not because they didn't want to come, but because Duanmu Huai wanted to be cautious. After all, the Dark Eldar can be regarded as one of the most notorious races in the galaxy. Basically, if you see the Dark Eldar, whether one person or a group, killing them will definitely eliminate harm to the universe, and no one will be wronged. Not only are these bastards fast, but they are also good at concealed raids, so this time Duanmu Huai did not lead an army, but only a squadron of night guards. Even the battleship he chose was a Cobra-class guided missile destroyer known for its speed. And put the fiercely powerful Moon-class cruiser and other battleships behind.
After all, the hit-and-run tactics of those black bastards were indeed a headache.
Ordinary battleships cannot catch up with them.
With the help of the Internet Channel, it was not difficult to travel to the planet LV426. Duanmu Huai hadn't even finished a cup of coffee when the planet had already appeared in front of him.
To be on the safe side, Duanmu Huai had sent several reconnaissance ships to patrol the surrounding areas, but no sign of any warships was found. Of course, Duanmuhuai would not be blindly optimistic because of this. Dardaniel did not understand how insidious those black-skinned bastards were, but he still understood. So Duanmu Huai ordered the battleship to hide and patrol the surroundings at any time. At the same time, he also scanned the planet.
Judging from the scanning results, most of this planet is indeed a barren, lifeless place. But only one site has significant signs of life—and that's mostly underground.
Well, this time we have to dig into the ground again.
"Hmm... This area seems to be where Dardaniel mentioned the facilities of the colony..."
Duanmuhuai compared the map and frowned.
Could it be said that the people sent here before did not die?
Anyway, you will know once you go there.
Thinking of this, Duanmuhuai issued an order.
"Get ready to go, let's go see what this place is doing."
Soon, three Night Crow Black Star gunboats roared out of the battleships and flew towards the planet in front of them.
The entire planet was wrapped in thick clouds, in which lightning and thunder could be seen from time to time, and fierce air currents roared towards the face, making the night crows and black stars rise and fall like a small boat in the rough waves. I remember Dardaniel said that he built an atmosphere modification device on this planet. Now it seems that this is obviously a part of the modification.
Through the clouds, the pouring rain rushed towards me, hitting the windows with a crackling sound. Duanmuhuai turned on the wiper skillfully - well, it seems that no matter what era, this is an epoch-making invention.
It will not be outdated in another 1,000 years.
Soon, Duanmuhuai found the colony area below. On the ground, there was a huge, volcanic-like steel building standing, from which thick white smoke shot out and poured into the sky. Next to it, there are also rows of steel-structured houses that look similar to those on Pandora. It's just that at this moment, the outer walls of these houses have been closed by iron gates. If it weren't for the lights all around, Duanmu Huai probably wouldn't think there was anyone here.
But... there are lights... In other words, the energy supply here has not been cut off? This was unexpected. Logically speaking, since there is energy, there shouldn't be any failure to contact. Or are there any unknown secrets here?
Duanmu Huai drove the Night Crow Black Star around the entire colony. He did not see any traces of fierce battles, and the entire building was intact.
At least that's what it seems on the surface.
The augur shows the life signals in the ground beneath these buildings.
It seems that now the only way to catch the tiger's den is to avoid entering the tiger's den.
(End of chapter)